Daily Writing I & II

Posts on Thursdays (Grades 6-12)

Course Objective: To provide students an opportunity to incorporate writing into their daily schedule, receive feedback on their work, and improve their personal writing skills.

Course Description: Students will respond to a unique writing prompt for 4 days of each week and receive feedback on all of their work including content formation, paragraph organization, and general line by line editing. Students will receive individual coaching on how to improve their work and will submit a revision for one of their prompt responses each week. Daily prompt responses are expected to take approximately 15-20 minutes per day. 

$175

Syllabus:

Week 1:         Submission of 4 daily prompt responses

                        Lesson: planning phase of writing

Week 2:         Submission of 4 daily prompt responses & 1 revision

                       Lesson: Basic format of prompt responses

Week 3:         Submission of 4 daily prompt responses & 1 revision

                       Lesson: Tips for editing

Week 4:         Submission of 4 daily prompt responses & 1 revision

Week 5:         Submission of 4 daily prompt responses & 1 revision

Week 6:         Submission of 4 daily prompt responses & 1 revision

Week 7:         Submission of 4 daily prompt responses & 1 revision

Week 8:         Submission of 4 daily prompt responses & 1 revision